Bookbinding



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BOOKBINDING Filed July 28, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet C5 /5- NH Tazzey.

" Z4' l K l Patented Nov. 19, 1940 Y I UNITED STATES PATENT G'FFICE BOOKBINDING William H. Talley, Tulsa, Okla.

Application July 28, 1938, Serial No. 221,881

9 Claims. (Cl. 281-29) This invention relates to a bookbinding and it 3. Anchoring strips 4 which are formed of' is one object of the invention to provide a bindstii metal extend along side edge portions of ing by means of which pages of a book may be the ber backbone 3 where they are secured by bound between stii covers through the medium a suitable number of rivets 5, and each of the of links carried by the covers and a backing strip anchoring strips has' portions struck up to de- 5 and passing through registering openings formed fine spaced tongues 6 which project from the in the guards, the links being so formed and so anchoring strips, as shown clearly in Figures 3 connected with the stiff covers and the backing and 4. The tongues or lugs t are of suidcient strip that the book may be opened very easily at length to be passed through slots 'I formed in any page and the leaves disposed flat in a subhinge strips 3 and, when the ends of the tongues 10 stantially horizontal plane. are bent over after being passed through the Another object of the invention is to so form slots, the hinge strips will be firmly secured along the links that, when the book is opened, the links opposite side edge portions of the iiber backbone may be extended longitudinally and also sectionsl with their hinge loops or ears e along their outer l5 of the links pivoted relative to each other and side edges. When a book consisting of four or l5 thus permit yielding movement which will allow more quires of sheets is to be bound, a metal the book t0 be easily opened at any page and backbone may be used instead of the fiber back disposed flat upon a desk when opened. and have its side edge portions cut to form the Another object of the invention is to provide tongues-5. In this embodiment of the invention,

2o a binder wherein improved means has been prothe strips 4 will be omitted as the metal back- 20 vided for connecting hinge strips with opposite bone is cut to form the tongues.

side edge portions of the backbone of a stiff The hinge ears 9 are to engage between the backing strip and thus permit a backing strip hinge ears I of hinge strips II which extend of the proper width to be used according to the along Side edge portions of the covers 2 and thickness of the book to be bound. are rinly secured thereto by a suitable number 25 'Ihe invention is illustrated in the accompanyof rivets I2. Pivot rods or pins I3 are passed ing drawings, wherein through the hinge ears 9 and Ill, and when these Figure 1 is a view looking down upon a book rods are in place, the covers and the backing of the improved construction with the covers in strip 3 will behinged together, and the covers 3o a horizontal position for resting upon a table may be disposed in substantially a horizontal 30 and a stack of leaves extending vertically from position fiat upon a desk or table whenthe book the backing strip between the covers, a portion is opened. of the stack of leaves being broken away, l The leaves consist of the usual groups of folded Figure 2 is a View showing the covers and the sheets, and these groups are sewed to guards Ia backing strip and companion hinge strip sepawhich may be secured in stacked formation by 35 rated from each other, binding strips or in any other conventional man- Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the ner and through these guards extend hinged line 3--3 of Figure 1, posts or binders. Upon referring particularly to Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but show- Figures 3 and 4, it will be seen that the binders ing the book opened at one of its pages, pass through registering openings formed in the 40 Figureisasectionalview taken longitudinally guards, as shown at I4. The binders may be through one of the hinged posts, the view being formed as shown in Figures 5 and 6 where each along the line 5-5 of Figure 6, binder consists of a pair of links i5 having their Figure 6 is a plan view of thepost shown in inner ends formed with hinge ears I6 to receive Figure 5, a pivot pin I1 or if longer binders are necessary 45 Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional View taken each may consist of end links I8 and one or along the line I-1 of Figure 4, and more intermediate links I9 hingedto inner ends Figure 8 isi a plan view of a modified form of of the end links, as shown at 20 in Figure 8. post. The end links I5 or I8 are of a iiat tubular l lThe book which is bound in accordance with formation and each has one wall cut to form a 50 this invention has a stack of sheets or leaves I tongue 2I which is bent inwardly, as shown in disposed between stiff covers 2 and between the Figure 5, and, since the links are formed or restif covers is a stiff backing strip 3 which is silient metal, terminal links 22, which are recurved transversely, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, ferred to as hinge links may be forced inwardly andiincludes nitsconstructiona fiber backbone througl'router ends of the links I5 -or I8. The 55 inner ends of the tongues 2I will spring into the slots 23 formed in the hinge links longitudinally thereof, and thus will be slidably mounted in the end links for shifting movement therein during opening or closing of the book. The hinge links will be prevented from moving entirely out of the end links I5 and I8 by the tongues 2|. Sleeves or loops 20, are formed at outer ends of the hinge links and these loops are disposed between certain of the hinge ears 9 of the hinge strips 8 so that the pins I3 may pass through the sleeves 2li and hingedly mount ends of the links 22 between the hinge strips 8 and I I.

When a book is bound in accordance with this invention, the stacked leaves will be held in place between the covers by the hinged expanding posts which pass through the registering openings I4 of the guards. When the book is to be opened, it is placed upon a desk or table and the covers 2 will rest upon the table in substantially a horizontal position and the backing strip 3 will also rest upon the table. During opening of the book, the hinge links 22 will slide outwardly through the end links of the binders and, when the book is opened at a desired page, the links I5 or I8 may have pivotal movement at their inner ends and move from the position shown in Figure 3 to a position in which they extend diagonally from each other at a downward incline, as shown in Figure 4. The book will then be fully opened at the desired page and the leaves will extend substantially horizontally. The links I5 or I8 are hingedly mounted at their inner ends and the hinge links 22 are slidably received in the links I5 or I8 so that the binders may be cxtended longitudinally and permit the book to be very easily opened or closed and cause the leaves to extend horizontally when opened and not have a tendency to move towards a closed position when the book is opened.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a bookbinding, leaves, guards connected therewith and having registering openings, covers, a backing, hinge strips carried by the backing and the covers and provided with intertting hinge ears, binders extending through the registering openings of-said guards and consisting of pivotally connected links and terminal links, the terminal links being shiftable longitudinally of the first mentioned links and having hinge loops at their outer ends disposed in intertting relation to certain of the hinge ears of the hinge strips carried by said backing, and pins extending through the interiitting ears to pivotally connect the hinge strips and terminal links.

2. A bookbinding comprising a backing, hinge strips mounted along opposite side edge portions of the inner face of said backing and having hinge ears along their outer side edges, covers, hinge strips secured along rear side edge portions oi said covers and having hinge ears along their outer side edges disposed for interfitting engagement with the hinge ears of the first-mentioned hinge strips, pins extending through the hinge ears to pivotally connect said covers with said backing, and binders passing through guards of a stack of leaves and extending transversely across the inner face of said backing, each of said binders consisting of a plurality of links pivoted to each other, certain of said links being end links, the end links being of flattened tubular formation and open at their outer ends, terminal links slidably engaged in the end links and formed with longitudinally extending slots, the end links having tongues cut therefrom and bent inwardly to provide resilient latches engaged through the slots of the terminal links, and hinge loops at outer ends of the terminal links, the hinge ears of the terminal links being disposed between certain of the hinge ears of the hinge strips carried by said backing with the pivot pins passing through the same to pivotally mount the binders at their ends.

3. In a bookbinding, a backing, anchoring strips secured along opposite side edge portions of said backing, tongues extending from said anchoring strips, hinge strips disposed against the anchoring strips and formed with openings, said tongues being passed through the openings and bent to clinch the hinge strips against the anchoring strips, hinge ears spaced from each other along outer side edges of said anchoring strips, covers, hinge strips secured along rear side edge portions of said covers and having hinge ears tting-between the hinge ears of the rst hinge strips, pins extending through the hinge ears to pivotally connect the hinge strips and mount the covers for swinging movement from a closed position to an opened position, and binders extending transversely across the inner face of said backing.

4. In a permanent bookbinding, a backing, covers, hinges connecting said covers with said backing, and binders passing through sewed on guards of a stack of leaves, said binders being disposed transversely across the inner face of said backing and each consisting of a plurality of pivotally connected links, certain of said links being hollow and open at their outer ends and other links being slidably engaged in the hollow links and formed with longitudinally extending slots, hinge ears pivotally engaged with said hinges and tongues carried by the hollow links and engaged through the slots of the last-mentioned links to slidably mount the last-mentioned links and limit longitudinal sliding movement thereof.

5. In a permanent bookbinding, a backing, covers, hinges connecting said covers with said backing, and binders passing through guards of a stack of leaves, said binders being disposed transversely across the inner face of said backing and each comprising links pivoted to each other, terminal links in telescoping engagement with the pivoted links, and resilient latches for limiting sliding movement of the last-mentioned links.

6. In a permanent bookbinding, a backing, covers, hinges connecting said covers with said backing, and binders passing through guards of a stack of leaves, said binders extending transversely across the inner face of said backing and each comprising iiat links pivoted to each other, said links being hollow and open at their outer ends and having their walls cut to form tongues projecting inwardly and extending longitudinally of the links towards inner ends thereof, and terminal links pivoted to said hinges and slidably received in the hollow links and formed with longitudinally extending slots through which said tongues engage to limit longitudinal sliding of the terminal links in the hollow links.

7. In a bookbinding, a backing strip, an anchoring strip, means for securing the anchoring strip to the backing strip, and tongues extending from the anchoring strip, said tongues being engageable through openings in a hinge strip and being bent for securing the hinge strip to the backing.

8. In a. bookbinding, a backing, an anchoring strip, means securing the anchoring strip to the backing, said anchoring strip having portions said end links being of tubular formation and open at their outer ends, said end links having tongues 4struck therefrom to deiine latches, and terminal links slidably mounted in the end links and having longitudinal slots receiving the latches therein, said latches and slots cooperating for restricting sliding movement of the terminal links.

WILLIAM H. TALLEY. 

